Lean rice dishes

Turkish-style rice with vermicelli in a pan is a popular dish in the East, also known as pilaf. It is often served as a side dish with baked meat, fried poultry, or fish, and sometimes simply with a fresh vegetable salad and a light sauce. Don't be confused by the unusual combination of rice with vermicelli — the dish turns out tasty and fluffy because the ingredients are pre-fried until golden brown. By the way, a similar pilaf is also present in the national cuisines of Israel and Jordan.

Turkish-style rice with vermicelli in a pan

This easy Mexican rice recipe with onion powder, garlic powder, and tomato sauce makes for an easy side dish that's ready to serve in just 25 minutes!

Easy Authentic Mexican Rice

Thai brown Jasmine rice, boiled

Coconut jasmine rice is quick, easy, and perfectly complements almost any dish. Made with just five ingredients, it is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Coconut jasmine rice

Japanese


Onigiri is a popular snack from Japanese cuisine. Just like in sushi or rolls, the essential ingredients here are rice, nori sheets, and filling. The unique feature of this dish is that the rice is used almost plain, without adding sugar and vinegar, and it's not always salted during cooking. However, the filling always has a rich flavor. Onigiri are usually made in the form of balls or triangles, and they can be either open or closed (completely wrapped in nori). In this recipe, we will show how to make both open and closed triangular onigiri.

Onigiri

Basmati rice is cooked in coconut milk instead of water, which gives it a rich flavor.

Coconut rice

The Koreans call their homeland "The Land of Morning Freshness." It's hard to understand exactly what is meant - after all, in Korea, as in other countries, morning is followed by day, and day by evening. Maybe it has something to do with their cuisine. Eat a portion of such rice for breakfast, for example, and you feel fresh and energetic all day.

Korean spicy rice

Rice with egg and nori is perfect for breakfast. The familiar rice porridge combined with a poached egg and nori seaweed will sparkle with new colors. Rice with egg is popular in different national cuisines, but rice with poached egg is a rather modern dish. The French came up with the idea of ​​serving a soft-boiled egg without a shell back in the 14th century; the name comes, according to different versions, from the cooking technique - poaching - or from the French pochette, that is, “pouch”. Cooking the poached egg in this recipe is the most technically difficult part, but with our description and a little practice you will definitely succeed.

Rice with egg and nori

Rice pudding is usually made with milk, and butter and cream are added at the end of cooking. This option is entirely vegan. Instead of soy milk, you can use any plant-based milk, such as almond, oat, or rice milk. Moreover, this recipe is gluten-free, and if you completely replace the white sugar in the recipe with brown sugar, it will also be free of refined sugar.

Rice pudding with soy milk

Brown rice pilaf with chicken can be considered a healthier version of this dish, as it is made with unpolished grains that still have their outer shell. What makes this product good? It contains more B vitamins and minerals that are valuable for health. Additionally, brown rice has a very distinctive flavor: nutty with light fruity notes. Just what you need for chicken pilaf! Many might ask if the meat from thighs and drumsticks can be replaced with chicken breast fillet? Of course, just keep in mind that in this case, the brown rice pilaf will turn out drier. You will find all the detailed information on how to prepare the dish in the recipe below.